Thanks to many years of combined experience in wheel manufacturing, testing, and design, the experts at Smithers can deliver reliable, accurate testing and customized solutions for your testing needs and challenges.
At our laboratories in Suzhou, China, Smithers wheel testing capabilities include a number of standard and custom test options. Our wheel testing specifications cover a wide variety of industry standard tests including SAE, JWL, ISO, ECE, ABNT, IS, GB, ASTM, etc.
Some evaluation areas include:
- Radial fatigue testing
- SAE, JWL, ISO, ECE, ABNT, IS, GB
- Cornering fatigue testing
- SAE, JWL, ISO, ECE, ABNT, IS, GB
- Impact testing
- SAE, JWL, ISO，GB
- Natural Salt Spray testing
- ASTM， GB
The types of wheels we test in our laboratories include:
- Passenger Wheel
- Light Truck Wheel
- Truck ＆ Bus Wheel
- Trailer Wheel
The lab is fully equipped to perform a number of common wheel evaluations, including:
- Fatigue testing: Standard radial and cornering fatigue tests on all size wheels.
- Impact testing: Includes a standard 13-degee side impact test in accordance with SAE J175.
- Coating testing: Neutral salt spray corrosion of wheel coatings is performed according to ASTM standard operating guidelines. Standard testing protocols include:
- ASTM B117－Natural Salt Spray